What are these worth?

Submitted by Dale on 10/28/05 at 8:16 PM. ( ) 66.128.167.242

Had A guy call today wondering what these are worth:8x9 34in. wide shoulder mount mule deer5x5 36in wide elk horns on a plaque7ft. grizzly rug7/8 curl dall sheep mount58 in. wide Alaskan moose horns on a plaquesholder mount caribou - not sure how big, not a dbl. shovelAll was mounted 25 - 30 years ago and is in excellent shape.A guy (scalper?) offered him $1500 for all of it and I told him it was worth more than that. Anybody got an idea of what it would be worth? Thanks for your time.

If You Don't Know.........

This response submitted by Old Fart on 10/28/05 at 11:13 PM. ( ) 64.122.57.14

......You shouldn't have told him it was worth more. It looks to me like he was offered a fair price for stuff that old.

LOL OF, Good one

This response submitted by George on 10/28/05 at 11:21 PM. ( georoof@aol.com ) 205.188.116.139

Dale, it's not worth anything unless you find someone who WANTS it. Most hunters don't want someone else's trophies, but those that do pay whatever the market will bear. If no one else offers him anything, he's gonna be pissed at you for not taking the $1500. (I wish the hell I was as good today as I was 30 years ago. I doubt those mounts are any better off than I am. LOL)

I price things by what I would pay for them myself

and none of that is worth anything to me, nada, zilch, zero, capoot. For the reasons mentioned above, not my kills and the fact they are so old they are deteriorating badly by now. would have to have new capes put on or rerstored ( neither cheap) to be salable. I`d a grabbed the 15 frog skins and run if I was you.

Dale

This response submitted by Alex on 10/30/05 at 5:42 PM. ( ) 66.32.87.164

If you don't know what they are worth, why say they are worth more than $1500 ?

1500 could be way more than what they are worth.

This response submitted by Rorie on 10/31/05 at 11:05 PM. ( ) 162.40.170.87

One thing is the quailty and the care. While you think you have a fortune maybe the "scalper is you!" Maybe what you have is not worth much more than pieces and parts for tying flies and knofe handles.